BILL NUMBER: ACR 162	CHAPTERED  09/18/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   141
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 18, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 25, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 7, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 29, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member House

                        MAY 16, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 162--Relative to Pearl Harbor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 162, House.  Pearl Harbor.
   This measure commemorates Americans who gave their lives or were
wounded in the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.




   WHEREAS, More than a half a century has now passed since December
7, 1941, when Imperial Japan launched a surprise aerial attack on the
United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii,
thereby precipitating the entry of the United States into World War
II; and
   WHEREAS, That morning and that day radically altered the course of
American lives and world history when, without warning, on a
peaceful Sunday morning, at daybreak, most of America's Western Navy
was destroyed as it lay at anchor; and
   WHEREAS, The United States Pacific Fleet was on minimum alert,
with one-third of its sailors on weekend shore leave, antiaircraft
guns mostly unmanned and reserve ammunition stored and locked; and
   WHEREAS, The attack resulted in the destruction of more than 180
aircraft and the damage or destruction of eight battleships and
numerous other ships.  The United States suffered casualties of more
than 3,400, including 2,710 Navy personnel, 178 Marine Corps
personnel, 595 Army personnel, and 89 civilians. The attack resulted
in the deaths of 2,395 persons, causing heartbreaking loss to the
families and other loved ones of the dead and the wounded; and
   WHEREAS, The Japanese attackers, by contrast, lost fewer than 100
lives, with minor loss of planes, midget submarines, and fleet
submarines; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature--on behalf of the people of
California--dutifully pay tribute to and commemorate the brave
Americans at Pearl Harbor who gave their lives and those Americans
wounded in that infamous attack; and be it further
   Resolved, Men and women of Pearl Harbor:  We do remember you and
vow never to forget you.
